Dashabhaga, Daśabhāga, Daśābhāga, Dashan-bhaga: 2 definitions

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The Sanskrit terms Daśabhāga and Daśābhāga can be transliterated into English as Dasabhaga or Dashabhaga, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)

Source: archive.org: Hindu Mathematics

Daśabhāga (दशभाग) or Daśāṃśa refers to “ten-parts” (i.e., one-tenth) in Bhinna (“fractions”) and Bhāga (“unit fractions”), which refers to one of the twenty operations (logistics) of pāṭīgaṇita (“science of calculation which requires the use of writing material—the board”), according to Pṛthudakasvāmī’s commentary on the Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta by Brahmagupta, a Sanskrit treatise on ancient Indian mathematics (gaṇita-śāstra) and astronomy from the 7th century.—In the Śulba, unit fractions are denoted by the use of a cardinal number with the term bhāga or aṃśa; thus pañcadaśa-bhāga (“fifteen-parts”) is equivalent to one-fifteenth, sapta-bhāga (“seven-parts”) is equivalent to one-seventh, and so on [e.g., daśabhāga].

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Ganitashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, gaṇitaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science of mathematics, algebra, number theory, arithmetic, etc. Closely allied with astronomy, both were commonly taught and studied in universities, even since the 1st millennium BCE. Ganita-shastra also includes ritualistic math-books such as the Shulba-sutras.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Dashabhaga in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Daśābhāga (दशाभाग).—bad days, straitened condition; परिमृष्टो दशान्तेन दशभागेन सेव्यते (parimṛṣṭo daśāntena daśabhāgena sevyate) Rām.3.72.8.

Derivable forms: daśābhāgaḥ (दशाभागः).

Daśābhāga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms daśā and bhāga (भाग). See also (synonyms): daśāṃśa.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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